Website uses decades of rankings to create “College Football’s Greatest Program of All-Time”

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NORMAN, Okla. – When it comes to college football fans, many fanatics will tell you their team is the greatest program of all time.

However, Scouts.com recently analyzed nearly 80 years of data to come up with its ranking system.

Researchers say they added up the numbers from the AP poll since 1936 and came up with the following list:

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Michigan
  3. Ohio State
  4. Alabama
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Nebraska
  7. USC
  8. Texas
  9. Penn State
  10. Tennessee
  11. LSU
  12. Georgia
  13. Auburn
  14. Miami
  15. Florida State
  16. Florida/ UCLA
  17. Arkansas
  18. Michigan State
  19. Texas A&M
  20. Georgia Tech
  21. Washington
  22. Ole Miss
  23. Clemson
  24. Wisconsin

According to the polls, the University of Oklahoma is the “Greatest College Football Program of All-Time.”

Scouts says the rankings aren’t always consistent from year-to-year but the AP poll is the only polling system that has been around since 1936.

Oklahoma State University made the list at 50.